The most important part is more accurate questions which cover the new blueprint. The ability to mark by computer does restrict the format and scope of questions so I’d vote for whatever has to be done to ensure questions are as close to real format as possible.

Organizing by blueprint topic is nice to have but lower in my priority.

Hi, I think all the above points would be fantastic improvements on the current version, but imho the first is the most critical and should be implemented as a matter of priority. Any ideas on how far away this update would be?
Thanks for keeping us posted

For each question have a reference link to where the the answer is explained. Since some of the questions are design questions, the online Cisco doc might not be enough — in those cases, you should provide a brief explanation of the issue along with diagrams if applicable.

I like the idea of organizing questions by topic. I am not sure on the self graded questions, if that is more to the type of question format that we will get in the exam then that option sounds great. Maybe put an option in for both Computer Grading and Self Grading. That way if you wan to test yourself you have the option of both.

Might also be an idea to stipulate which format is most likely to be seen in the exam.(Not sure if one type or both are in the exam)

Having the option of reviewing the material by topic would be most helpful. Retain the random option, though, to keep us on our toes.
The ideal would be to present questions in the order you introduced in a recent post based on the memorising intervals. I guess that would mean abandoning the Adobe engine and maintaining state across our sessions. There are packages out there that can do this. One of them loaded up with your excellent content would be the ‘killer app’ in this area, I reckon. I would be happy to discuss this further if you wish.

I agree with the self grading method. You can put a little checkbox on each question and the user would mark it correct or not.

The only problem with that is we don’t grade our actual lab questions, so maybe you could add some “proctor interpretation uncertainty” to the final grade

I also had the experience of taking a very tricky and specific memorization question in the real lab, so I don’t agree with taking them out. Of course we can’t memorize everything, but it’s not a bad idea to have some stuff fresh in memory before the lab.

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